Quarantine Self-Portraits

Quarantine Self-Portraits: A visual representation of the evolution of mental distress caused by the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic

I’ve thought about photographing pain (physical and mental) in a series of self-portraits, but found it difficult to capture pain, in action, as it targets one’s own self, mind, and body. Thinking of pain and how we perceive ourselves and others through the filter of pain, and in particular through its most recent 2020 lens, I feel that the Coronavirus pandemic has unveiled a raw and real, individual and collective portrait of pain, and transformed many people’s lives…and stopped lives, too.

In the spirit of #2020challenge here’s a version of this transformation so far, as perceived through my own eyes:
https://alinaoswald.com/2020/08/11/quarantine-self-portraits/